BIOGRAPHY
Jana Hojstričová was born in 1972 in Myjava /Slovakia/. She has graduated in Photography, from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. She has worked as a photograph and pedagogue. Since 1998 she has worked at the Department of Photography and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts, and since 2007 she has been the Head of the Department. She has participated in a number of domestic and international exhibitions and festivals of photography such as: Fotofest Houston, Month of Photography in Bratislava, International festival of young photography in Ljubljana, International festival of photography in Lodz, Septembre de la Photographie in Lyon, Mois de la Photo in Paris etc. to name a few. She works and lives in Bratislava.
Jana Hojstričová has entered the Slovak scene of fine arts in the 90th of the 20th century. The key theme of her artwork is human body, which is put into the context of a growing impact of the current consuming society.